CALL FOR PAPERS CHIRA 2018: 2nd International Conference on Computer-Human Interaction Research and Applications September 19 – 21, 2018 Seville – Spain http://www.chira.scitevents.org/ Submission Deadline:  May 2, 2018 CHIRA is sponsored by INSTICC – Institute for Systems and Technologies of Information, Control and Communication SCOPE The purpose of the International Conference on Computer-Human Interaction Research and Applications (CHIRA) is to bring together professionals, academics and students who are interested in the advancement of research and practical applications of interaction design & human-computer interaction. Five parallel tracks will be held, covering different aspects of Computer-Human Interaction, including Interaction Design, Human Factors,…

Call for Papers Conference on Affect, Interfaces, Events (AIE 2018) August 29- 30, 2018 Aarhus, Denmark http://aie.au.dk/aie-2018/ Deadline for submissions: April 16th, 2018 The proliferation of digital and interactive technologies in most aspects of our daily lives produces an intensified distribution of affect. Existential conditions change through affective interface foldings of bodies, subjectivities and technologies. The conference Affects, Interfaces, Events investigates how affective interface events on a micro- and macro-level reinforce or challenge these changes. A major concern of the conference is to consider interface modulations on an affective, social, aesthetic, and political level. We welcome contributions (papers, designs and…

Call for Papers Human-Work Interaction Design 2018 (HWID’18) – Designing Engaging Automation 5th IFIP WG 13.6 Working Conference August 20-21, 2018 Aalto University, Espoo, Finland https://blogs.aalto.fi/hwid2018 In continuation with the series of the Human Work Interaction Design working conferences, the fifth edition will take place in Espoo, Finland, on the 20th and 21st of August, 2018. The venue is the brand new School of Arts, Design and Architecture building in Aalto University, Otaniemi campus. IMPORTANT DATES: Full paper submission deadline: April 15th (extended) Poster submission deadline: April 30th Acceptance notifications: May 11th Early bird registration deadline: May 31st Conference: August…

Call for Papers Haptic Technologies for Healthcare is a one-day workshop to be held as part of the Eurohaptics 2018 conference. It will be held on Wednesday, June 13, 2018 in Pisa, Italy. Website: https://hapticsforhealthcare.wordpress.com Deadline for extended abstracts: April 30th, 2018 About the workshop: Recent technologies allow for novel classes of wearable and holdable devices that make use of forms of haptic communication and interaction that go beyond elementary uses such as simply attracting attention. This can give rise to an expanded design space that raises many research issues, as this workshop will explore. The goal of this workshop…

Call for Workshop Papers 3rd International Workshop PLAYABLE CITIES: THE CITY AS A DIGITAL PLAYGROUND This workshop will be held as part of the 7th EAI International Conference: ArtsIT 2018, Interactivity & Game Creation, October 24-26, 2018, Braga, Portugal (http://artsit.org/) Workshop Date: 24 October 2018 Paper Submission Deadline: 1 July 2018 BACKGROUND After the success of the first (Utrecht, 2016), the second (Funchal, Madeira, Portugal) we now organize the third one-day workshop on Playable Cities in the beautiful town of Braga. PLAYFULNESS AND THE (PLAYABLE) CITY The Playable City is a term, introduced a number of years ago in Bristol,…

Call for Chapters: Speculative Futures for Artificial Intelligence and Educational Inclusion Springer Nature – AICFE Future Schools 2030 book series https://jeremyknox.net/call-for-chapters-speculative-futures-for-artificial-intelligence-and-educational-inclusion/ Abstract submissions due: March 30, 2018 We are inviting experts and practitioners from around the world to write chapters for a book that will help to advance our understanding of education. The book is an outcome of the Future School 2030 research project supported by the Advanced Innovation Centre for Future Education, Beijing Normal University. The publisher for the book will be Springer Nature, an international publisher. This book seeks to bring together the fields of ‘artificial intelligence’ (often…